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noun • an upward slope or grade (as in a road) • an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) • the act of climbing something verb • go upward with gradual or continuous progress • move with effort, by grasping • go up or advance • slope upward • improve one's social status • increase in value or to a higher point | ||||||||
| 25% | 9 | Character that appears before a special character in a computer code | ||||||
noun • The punctuation mark \. • Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /. verb • To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence. | ||||||||
| 24% | 4 | Branch of a branch? | ||||||
noun • a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year verb • branch out in a twiglike manner • understand, usually after some initial difficulty | ||||||||
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CLIMB which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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CLIMB
Updated: October 14, 2023
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